You start with a whole bone in arm shoulder bone-in picnic:


The bone path goes like this:


knife path:


Cut down and around the bone, leaving as much meat possible attached, not on the bone:


Remove the bone:


You can also remove the skin if you like, too.  It is porous and allows the brine to go through it, and when cooked and smoked, makes great dog chews!

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